Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0454982

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0454982

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Characterization of bioadhesives from marine diatom slimes and their interactions with different substrata; developing environmentally friendly, foul-release coatings. This project represents a collaborative effort between Melbourne University, the Department of Defense and Akzo Nobel to develop new, environmentally friendly strategies to modify and/or prevent marine slime adhesion in anti-foul coatings or paint. Fouling by diatom slimes occurs at great expense to industry and the Australian Navy, adding up to 60% annually to the cost of propulsive fuel consumption in shipping. We will characterize the chemical and physical properties of the slime adhesives in order to understand how organisms control adhesion, and use these principles to develop new technology, anti-foul paints.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 19-10-2004

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $229,367.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Phycology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Manufactured products not elsewhere classified | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Biological sciences | Cellular Interactions (Incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall) | Manufactured products not elsewhere classified | Oceanic processes (excl. climate related) | Phycology

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